Daily Archives: August 6, 2009

JetBlue Airways Corp. said Thursday its traffic rose slightly in July — the first month-over-month improvement for the low-cost carrier in nearly a year. Rival carrier Southwest Airlines Co. also reported a rise in traffic last month — a sign ...

A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. Twitter said in its status blog Thursday morning it was “defending against a denial-of-service attack,” in which hackers command scores of ...

What is going on with economic policy in President Obama’s White House? First you have Obama pushing for a stimulus package, warning America that it is desperately needed to stop the recession. A stimulus package that if ultimately funded will ...

Gov. David Paterson may not have the best approval ratings, his legislature may be at each other’s necks, and his lieutenant governor might very well be holding the post illegally, but, by golly, he sure is green. He’s already pledged ...

They are two little letters that mean a big deal. The Underwriters Laboratory or “UL” logo appears, typically in small print, on billions of items annually. Many of the products – from vacuum cleaners to microwave ovens – are tested ...

The Big Orange is going green, and giving some too. Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk will share in a $30 million green building grant program sponsored by the Home Depot Foundation and Habitat for Humanity International. The program called Partners ...

Can country music teach something about economics – specifically, the economics of trade and immigration? Recession, fear, ignorance and blind political ideology tend not to produce the best economic policies, especially regarding trade and immigration. Special interests often complain about ...

Finish Line Technologies Inc., maker of the world’s top-selling brand of specialty bicycle lubricating and maintenance products, has posted strong growth over the past two years, despite the declining economy. “In 2008, sales grew by 20 percent, which is unusually ...

Jessica Sparacino was a student at Touro Law School when she got a job as a paralegal for Jackson Lewis in Melville, a position she held a year after graduation before landing a job as a lawyer. With the legal ...

Shoppers, worried about job security and finding fewer options among the sales bins, remained tight-fisted in July, resulting in sluggish sales for many merchants and raising concern about the back-to-school shopping season’s health. As merchants reported their sales figures Thursday, ...